Connachta

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Connachta,[1] from Conn+ -achta.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Connachta f pl (genitive Connacht)

  1. Connacht (the western province of Ireland, inclusive of the counties Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, and Sligo)
    Synonym: Cúige Chonnacht
  2. inhabitants of Connacht
  3. descendants of Conn Céadchathach (Conn of the Hundred Battles)

Usage notes

  • In contrast to Mumhain (“Munster”), which, unusually for a proper noun, is always left unlenited in the genitive in the phrase Cúige Mumhan (“Province of Munster”), Connachta is always lenited in the genitive (thus Cúige Chonnacht (“Province of Connacht”)).

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Connachta
radical lenition eclipsis
Connachta Chonnachta gConnachta

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Connachta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 157

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

Conn +‎ -achta

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkon͈axta]

Proper noun

Connachta f pl (genitive Connacht)

  1. (plural only) Connacht (a province of Ireland)
  2. inhabitants of Connacht
  3. descendants of Conn Cétchathach (Conn of the Hundred Battles)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative — — ConnachtaH
vocative — — ConnachtaH
accusative — — ConnachtaH
genitive — — ConnachtN
dative — — Connachtaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: Connachta
  • → Middle Welsh: Konacht
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: Connachtach (“Connachtman”)

Mutation

Mutation of Connachta
radical lenition nasalization
Connachta Chonnachta Connachta
pronounced with /ɡ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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